Stephen J. Ames
19Patents
13h-index
29Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 4, 1989 → Nov 28, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5233547A | Electronic checking account apparatus and method having a digitizer to receive information as a check is being written | Physics | 221 | Expired |
| US5073838A | Method and apparatus for preventing damage to a temperature-sensitive semiconductor device | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US6260023A | Transaction processing system including a networked produce recognition system | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US6332573A | Produce data collector and produce recognition system | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US5256865A | Automatic sensing and programming circuit and programming method for optical scanners | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US5315097A | Method and apparatus for operating a triggerless hand-held optical scanner | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US6617518B2 | Enhanced flex cable | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US5484990A | Multiple depth of field laser optical scanner | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6528777B2 | Optical power meter derived from common-mode voltage of optical transimpedance amplifier | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6373574B1 | Linear variable filter spectrometer | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6661817B1 | Laser diode monitoring via current mirroring | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US7062164B2 | Detection of data transmission rates using passing frequency-selective filtering | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5274491A | Dynamic laser diode aperture for optical scanners | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6404275B1 | Modified current mirror circuit for BiCMOS application | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6161758A | Modular bar code scanner and scale assembly | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6627867B2 | Integrated fiber optic receiver power meter | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US5459310A | Apparatus for sensing different attenuation windows within an optical scanner | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7787766B2 | Fault sensor for a laser driver circuit | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US6470495B1 | Satellite control of electronic memory devices | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.